Writing-tablet



l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JESSE E. TAPLEY, E SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

WRITING-TABLET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,806, dated February 24, 1880. Application ined June so, 1879.'

To all whom it may camera:

Be it known that I, JESSE F. TAPLEY, of Springfield, county of Hampden, and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and use-- ful Improvements in WritiIIg-Ta-blets, which metallic binding-clamp arranged to be forced onto one end orfside of one of said blocks, tightly binding together the edges of the sheets of paper ou that side which form said tablet or block, said binding-clamp being provided with clips for fastening it to a cover and with suspension-clip for hanging the tablet up when used with or without a cover.

Referring to the drawings, which consist of six figures, Figure l is a vertical section of one of my clamps and of the back of the cover to which it is attached. Figa 2 is an elevation of the back side ot' the clamp. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same. Fig. 4 is a View showing the clamp attached to a tablet with- `out a cover;` and Fig. 5 shows the bindingclamp attached to a cover and a tablet partly inserted in the clamp between the lids of the cover. Fig. 6 shows the bound tablet arranged to be suspended.

` In the drawings, A is a writing-tablet. c

"isa cover, ofwhich b is the back. d is the binding-clamp, in the back of which are the semi-detached hook-clips o and the suspen sion-clip o.

I construct my binding-clamp from a piece of `metallic plate of rectangular shape, bending `the edges of its longest sides upwardly and inclining them toward the center of the clamp, as shown. Through the baci; of the `metallic piece thus formed I make two U- shapedfcuts, one near each end thereof, and at the center a semicircular cut, as sh'own in Fig. 2. VVithin the semicircle described by the lastuamed out I pierce a hole, i. The corners of one or both ends ofthe clamp thus formed are slightly flared.

It will be seen that by making the cuts above named in the back of the clamp the portions c and o become semi-detached from the back.

` The manner of using my binding-clamp for binding a tablet into a cover, c, and as a suspension-binding therefor, is as follows, viz: To serve the first purpose, I'bend the hooi@ clip portions e out at right angles to the back of the clamp, and. puncturiug the back b of the cover c at proper places, insert said hookclips through the said cover-back, and bend their ends over against the outside of the back, as shown in Fig. l. The clamp is thus firmly secured to the cover, and is ready for the reception of the tablet A, one corner of `which is entered between the iii-bending edges of the clamp at one end, and thence the tablet is lond one may be inserted in the same manner.

In employing my clamp for the second. purpose the hook-clips e are not bent outwardly, but are left in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 4; but the suspension-clip o is bent out, as shown in Fig. 4, standing up in such a position to allow hanging up a tablet secured to the binder-clamp by the hole t' in piece o. The tablet is slipped into the clamp in the manner described above.

The edges of the binder-clamp bearing against the face of the tablet, as Seeniu Fig. 4, serve as cutting-edges, against which each sheet may be torn from the tablet When desired.

For some purposes--tor instance, when it is desired to hang up the tablet bound. into the Jof the back b, as shown in Fig. 6.

Thus arranged a strong and durable suspension-strap is provided for a complete bound tablet without the addition for this purpose of any additional piece or pieces.

.What I claim as my invention is- The combination, with the metallic bindingclamp d, provided with the Semi detached hook-clips e, of the cover c, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

Y JESSE F. TAPLEY. [n presence of- H. A. GHAPIN, WM. H. OHAPIN.

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